With April around the corner, look forward to what’s happening in Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill.
Regent’s Park Music Festival is now in its eighth year and becoming one of London’s premier classical and popular music festivals. This year’s free festival will run from 21 June – 21 September, featuring 30 top bands for Sundays on the main Bandstand and 15 jazz groups for Saturday on the Broadwalk.
From Friday 25 July, The St. John’s Lodge ‘Secret’ Garden will be home to three concerts this summer following last year’s hugely successful series. There will also be two concerts for families and children in the open air. Our marquee at the bandstand will be in place as a backup if it rains.
From July 31 to August 3 ticketed events will take place in our Marquee at the Bandstand. The highlight will be a day with Karl Jenkins -one of Britain’s most performed composers. John Suchet will host “an afternoon in conversation with Karl“, and his “Mass for the Armed Man” will be performed. Please keep an eye on the official website.
The Primrose Hill Café is the latest closure with refurbishment works being carried out 17 March until mid -April. The Regent’s Bar & Kitchen and the Waterside Café have just opened and are looking good! The Broadwalk Café, The Espresso Bar and the Kiosk opposite the Bar and Kitchen are open to serve you.
Join in a gentle walk and use the free iNaturalist app to document some of the amazing biodiversity of The Regent’s Park as part of the City Nature Challenge 2025 – a global event to get people recording and connecting with their local urban wildlife.
Explore different habitats and learn how we look after them. Help record nature in our park and submit important data to global conservation efforts and meet like-minded nature enthusiasts in the process.
Young animal detectives can embark on a Zoonormous Egg Hunt, following a trail of eggs hidden across the Zoo to celebrate nature’s most incredible egg-layers – from flamingos and penguins to mysterious reptiles. Some hold the missing letters needed to crack the secret password!
Anyone visiting the Zoo between 5th and 21st April 2025, can enter the Zoonormous Draw, for a chance to win an overnight stay at London Zoo Lodges, for up to two adults and two children.
A great one for kids and families and its free. Follow a scavenger trail to get you in the mood for spring,or have a go with binoculars to take a closer look at nature. There will be nature crafts and interactive games too.
Free to attend, but you must register to take part; then you can drop in any time from.
There are 6,000 trees and 47 different species of trees in The Regent’s Park. Join Matt Steinmann, the Aboricultural Officer of The Royal Parks, who is part of the team that cares for all the Royal Parks’ 170,000 trees, explore our park and learn about Matt’s job as an arboriculturist.
Prof. Kennedy Cruickshank, a committee member, has kindly agreed to lead two bird walks for the Friends. He stresses that he does not regard himself as an ornithologist but is an enthusiastic amateur who has a good understanding of bird ecology and the wonderful birds that live in The Regent’s Park. The walk is suitable for all, including those new to bird watching. Bring your own binoculars.
Join us for an exciting evening as Andrew Scattergood, CEO of The Royal Parks, and Darren Share, Director of Parks, provide an exclusive glimpse into the future of The Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill. From the transformation of the derelict store yard into a new garden which will commemorate the life of Queen Elizabeth II, to other exciting projects in the works, this Zoom talk offers a behind-the-scenes look at what is coming.
Learn about the impact of the new Park Rangers and how their role will shape the Park’s future. No booking is required – just log on and stay informed about the park. To join this Zoom Meeting click on the link below:
Hidden in the centre of Hyde Park, the Hyde Park Super Nursery covers several acres and is not open to the public.
In May it is packed with flowers ready to go to seven of London’s Royal Parks, including the flowerbeds in front of Buckingham Palace. The nursery manager will take us around and enlighten us with how the plants are grown and managed, as well as providing us with the history of the nursery.
Each year the Royal Parks provide the nursery with a bedding design which dictates which plants are grown.
On Wednesday 2nd July, Hyde Park Nursery will hold a sale of summer plants which are surplus to their needs – Friends are welcome to attend!
There are 270 species of bees in the UK. Some bees will be foraging and nesting in Regent’s Park, however only one species is a honeybee. The rest are wild bees, including large, plump hairy bumblebees and others which nest alone.
On this two hour bee walk, we will see and learn about a variety of bee species visiting flowers in the dry, Mediterranean garden; the herbaceous perennial borders; and in the allotment where they will be pollinating fruits and vegetables and nesting in bee hotels. The walk will be led by Alison Benjamin, Director of Urban Bees and bestselling author of ‘The Good Bee: A Celebration of Bees and How to Save Them’. Each participant will be given a Bees to See in Regent’s Park guide and learn the best ways to help bees in their own garden or balcony.
Thursday 29th May 6pm
The Danish Church
4 St. Katherine’s Precinct
Regent’s Park
London NW1 4HH
Topic ‘London’s Butterflies’ hosted by Lesley Williams who will also be presenting his new book partly sponsored by the London Natural History Society (LNHS)
Location: The Park Office meeting room NW1 4NR. Immediately right off Chester Road into the Inner Circle.
Please register via wildlife@
Join a lively group of regulars & newcomers, converse and strike up new friendships. Please note that from 2nd April, when the clocks have changed, we will be meeting at 2:30pm – 4:30 pm.
We will meet in the newly refurbished Broadwalk Café, a 20 minute walk from our usual gathering place. We will return to the Primrose Hill Café on completion of its refurbishment. We thank Wallacea Living for sponsoring this community-driven initiative (and cake) and to Benugo providing refreshments. Free to attend.
Enjoy the warmth in the park as the sunny weather of spring begins!
Mark Elliott
Chair- Friends of Regent’s Park & Primrose Hill
Thank you to our sponsors
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